Author: Laura

The children get to cook regularly at the Kindy. It is all very hands on and fun.Mixing the ingredients to make sure its all combined.Everyone gets involved to make the food.The best part of any cooking experience is a chance to lick the bowl clean!

There are lots of opportunities to cook at the kindy. The children get to put the ingredients in the bowls and mix and create. It is a very hands on experience. Then they get to lick the bowl, the best part of any cooking experience.

The Kindy Book Fair was on recently and there were lots of helpers and lots of customers. Parents and children from the kindy get to choose books and buy them and a percentage of the money sold gets spent on new books for the Kindy library. Its a win win situation.

The children had a great adventure on PLAY BALL day. They got to learn some skills such as; kicking a ball, throwing a ball, and balance. The children had so much fun at Kindy. A great highlight of the week.

A great day was had when the Evergreen Puppet Theatre came to kindy. The children got to learn all about the reef and the amazing animals that live there.

The children got to learn about sting-rays and all about the reef ecosystem.They got up close with the slippery eel puppets.They even got to meet a dolphin puppet and got to talk about how we can protect them.

We were very lucky to be treated to a puppet show at our kindergarten. An under the sea show for one group and a rainforest show for the other group. Many amazing animal puppets were introduced to the children. A happy and fun way for the children to learn about their environment.

St Thomas honours the cultural diversity within the kindergarten by celebrating the Lunar New Year. The kindergarten was given a collection of Coolie Hats from one of our Vietnamese families and these were used as a model for the children to make their own.

The kids, staff and parents wanted to celebrate Mrs Millers 10 years of service at St Thomas’ Riverview with a big pat on the back and cake! Thank you Mrs Miller for all you have done and will do in the future.

Students who attend St Thomas Riverview Kindergarten seem very equipped to deal with the challenges faced in their first year of Prep School. Just like our Sophia, who attended St Thomas Riverview in 2013 and 2014. She took the first day in her stride along with many other of our students. The children develop confidence and resilience at our kindy which helps them take the big step into school.